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matghazaryan
matghazaryan

Reputation: 5896

pdf file doesn't open

webview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview);
        webview.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
        webview.loadUrl("http://officeofthemufti.sg/MaulidBooklet.pdf");

I am using WebView try to loading pdf file, but all I got is empty blank. What is the problem here or I missed something?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 513

Answers (2)

Vikram
Vikram

Reputation: 8333

Android does not have a PDF viewer, and WebView cannot render PDFs.

you can use the following:

String pdf = "http://officeofthemufti.sg/MaulidBooklet.pdf";
webview.loadUrl("http://docs.google.com/gview?embedded=true&url=" + pdf);

Upvotes: 1

triad
triad

Reputation: 21567

The webView cannot render pdfs, you need to either launch the pdf in a new intent or use google docs to load the pdf in, ex:

https://docs.google.com/gview?embedded=true&url=http://link.to.your/pdf_file.pdf

Upvotes: 1

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